Row, Charlotte Mary (age 10)

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Maker
Row, Charlotte Mary (age 10)
Date made
1816
Origin
England
Stitches
Cross
In Bolton & Co.
No
Foundation Cloth
Wool
Embroidery Thread
Silk
Predominent Motif
2 alphabets: uppercase triple letters, lowercase quad letters. Various cross bands. Two four leaf clover motifs. Small trefoil border all four sides.
Inscription
Virtue's the chiefest beauty of the Mind. / The noblest Ornament of human kind, / Virtues our sage guard, and our guiding star, / That stirs up reason when our senses err. / Charlotte Mary Row finished this June 17 1816 in the tenteh Year of her Age
Length Without Frame
11"
Width Without Frame
12 3/4"
Historical Owner
(pg. 44) Booklet available. Proceeds to Mission Hospice, San Mateo, CA.
Owner
Marian Soss